(of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use; "partial paralysis resulted in an atrophied left arm"
A term which signifies that an interval - the difference in pitch between two notes - has been reduced by a semitone In practice, this term is generally only used to describe a diminished fifth or dimished seventh
Lowered, or reduced The term for an interval which has been decreased from the major by two half steps and from the perfect by one half step, e g c-a, diminished sixth, or c-g, a diminished fifth Also used for a triad which has a minor third and a diminished fifth, e g c, c-e, g Or in other words the lowering of a pitch chromatically by one half step
The term for an interval which has been decreased from the major by two half steps and from the perfect by one half step, e g c-a, diminished sixth, or c-g, a diminished fifth Also used for a triad which has a minor third and a diminished fifth, e g c, c-e, g